3 July 2017
South Euclid, Ohio
Monthly Archives: July 2017
Purple not flowers, celebrating a friend
We gathered today at the Presbyterian Center to celebrate and honor a friend. Joe Edmiston works in the payroll office for the Presbyterian Mission Agency. He has been with the church for over 20 years. Everyone knows him, most of us appreciate his wry sense of humor. He regularly did countdowns of the number of days to other significant days: so many days to the next holiday, for example.
Joe recently received a diagnosis of stage IV pancreatic cancer.
In shock and hope, his colleagues and friends put on purple today and gathered in the atrium at the Presbyterian Center to wish him a Happy Birthday. He’s in our hearts and thoughts and prayers.
Collage by Melody Smith
Filed under Friends, Louisville, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Uncategorized
Churches across the world invited to pray for Korean reunification
The international ecumenical community has invited churches and individuals to join in prayer for the peaceful reunification of the Korean Peninsula on August 13. People of any faith or no faith may join.
Photo:WCC
24 July 2017
On 13 August, churches across the world are invited to show solidarity with Korean churches by joining a “Sunday of Prayer for the Peaceful Reunification of the Korean Peninsula.”
The theme for the prayer is based on Romans 14:19: “Let us then pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.” The day of prayer occurs two days before Liberation Day in Korea (15 August), during which people celebrate Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonization.
The joint prayer was prepared by the Korean Christian Federation (KCF) from North Korea and the National Council of Churches in Korea (NCCK) from South Korea.
In a letter of invitation to member churches, World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit and World Communion of Reformed Churches general secretary Rev. Dr Chris Ferguson invited parishes and individuals across the world to pray for the reconciliation and healing of the divided Korean Peninsula.
“The prayer is an important part of our growing movement to overcome the antagonism that divides the Korean Peninsula and continue to open interaction between communities, churches and people,” the letter reads. “We believe churches across the world can, through prayer, help foster an environment in which peaceful reunification of the Korean Peninsula can flourish.”
Links:
Material Global Prayer Day on 13 August, 2017
Letter to member churches WCC and WCRC
WCRC statement on the Korean peninsula 7 July, 2017
WCC statement on the Korean peninsula 11 June, 2017
Mutuality and cooperation focus at Korean peace meeting in Leipzig (WCC press release 14 July, 2017)
See you along the Trail.
Filed under Current Events
Purple flowers, guest collection #60
Photo by Sera Chung
28 June 2017
Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton, New Jersey
Along the Graybeard Trail 